Armorial Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century with a Foreword by Sir Henry Farnham Burke by TUDOR-CRAIG, Sir Algernon - 1925

London: Century House, 1925. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). #148 of limited ed. of 1000. Ex lib. 136 pages background articles, b/w plates, 3 color plates with lists of auction sales and dates, index; 4to, navy cloth faded mostly to brown. Top of spine frayed with small piece missing, page margins wavy, gift note dated 1925 front endpaper, bookplate inside front cover, good.

The Century House, 1925. First edition, one of 1000 copies. Near fine in near fine, but darkened dust jacket with a few shallow chips..

London: The Century House, 1925. Numbered, limited edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The illustrated study of 18th Century Armorial porcelain. Internally very good in marked black cloth with faded spine (see photos). Number 721 of an edition of 1,000 copies.

London: The Century House. VG/NO DUSTJACKET. 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. #199 0f 1000 copies signed by author . 4to., 136 pp. .

LONDON, CENTURY HOUSE, 1925. 1ST EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY IN BLUE DECORATED BOARDS IN A GRUBBY AND WORN DUSTWRAP WITH SMALL AMOUNT OF LOSS AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE. SOME FOXING AT THE FRONT AND REAR. BOOKPLATE OF PREVIOUS OWNER ON INSIDE FRONT BOARD. SERRATED PAGE EDGES.LIMITED TO 1,000 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 826.

London: Century House, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, beveled edges. Teg. Near fine in worn dust wrapper. 136 pages. 30 x 24 cm. More than 100 black and white illustrations and three in color. Foreword by Henry Farnham Burke. Limited edition, copy 729 of 1000. Index. Contents bright and fresh, slight toning to fore-edges.

London: The Century House, 1925. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Decorative Arts. 4to. Pp. vi, 136. Frontispiece; thoroughly illustrated with three color and 54 b&w plates; index. Elegantly bound in dark blue linen with gilt lettering. Spine is lightly sun-faded, as is top front edge. TEG; fore-edge untrimmed. Very Good. Number 817 of 1,000 copies. This thorough study assesses ceramics ordered by British houses from China in the 18th C. The high quality of the book, as a survey and as a book-arts production, warrants attention. A lovely book.

London : The Century house, 1925. 1st edition. Hardcover. Limited edition to 1000, of which this is no. 903. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Light foxing to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Uncommon in the dust-wrapper. Physical description; 136 pp. col. front, illus. (incl. ports.) col. plates. 30 cm. Contents; Its origin -- Its date -- Its heraldry -- Its genealogical interest -- Special services -- List of Chinese services -- Porcelain of the city companies -- Worcester armorial porcelain -- List of Worcester services -- English armorial porcelain, continued -- Collectors, prices and fakes -- Mottoes on Chinese porcelain -- L'envoi -- ""Dreams in Porcelain"" -- General index. Subjects; Heraldic porcelain. Porcelain England History 18th century. Pottery, Chinese. Coats of arms 18th century Great Britain.